ebay/paypall problems?

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Thanks SK, will do that. What is a PoS in this context? (I doubt it is Point of Sale!)

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[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

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Originally Posted by cuffy

Had something similar earlier in the year, i paid for an item using paypal but the bloke hadn't sent it within a week so i meessaged him asking why, he replied "i'm waiting for your e-cheque to clear, I then realised i hadn't updated my new card as the old one had expired.

+1.
Have only had that problem once. If I remember correctly it makes it fairly clear that it is sending the funds via an 'eCheque' rather than the usual 'Bank Transfer' method.

strangely enough........ i have just sold somthing else, and the same as happened?

[Mark_h]

So why do you think Paypal should carry the risk of funds not clearing? Their role is to arbitrate between buyer and seller to make sure your banking detials are not compromised; it's not their job to own the risk of eCheque or any other cheque for that matter not clearing.

If you register a credit card and keep the card upto date it seems to work fine for just about everyone I know.

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Mark_h

So why do you think Paypal should carry the risk of funds not clearing?

Of course they shouldn't, but that's not what they're doing... I've got a debit card payment pending just now, I sent the payment last monday and it's debited my account, but it's still pending. The website says it takes 7-9 working days to clear! They're no more exposed than any other merchant services user, this is exactly the same as ordering something from a shop and having them wait 2 weeks before they post it.

What's really honked me off is that I usually pay from a visa, but every time you do that it comes up with a message "Why not pay from your debit card?" Just for once I did, and that's why I've still not got my item- but it never says that there'll be a delay in clearing.

I've had a lot of good from Paypal, including some fraud refunds, but this is really crap.